Environmental impact assessment of eastern Tehran province

Abstract

In this research by taking advantage of degradtion model ina grid System an area of 9222 km in eastern part of
Tehran province including Eslam shahr , rey , varamin , Damavand , and firooz kooh were studied .
The results show that 43.8 % of the area , due to its natural condition , is not suitable for development. The
rest of the area ( 42.5) due to the degradation caused by man's activities has lost its natural capability for development.